Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks again. Made with my "orphaned" Elmarit-R 28mm, which has been overlooked for a while. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again > And love the photo as much as the plane if not more so. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:43:33 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again >> >> Thanks, Mark. They seemed proud of it. >> >> And the prop was turning at idle, but, at 1/1250 sec, you can hardly tell >> it. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2012 3:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again >> >> >>> LOVE that red airplane! >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:03:45 -0500 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: From the Airport - Again >>>> >>>> I have a Leica Elmarit-R 28mm that I purchased as a "normal" lens for >>>> my >>>> 4/3 >>>> bodies, but found it very difficult to focus. I took it to the airport >>>> on the >>>> E-1, set up to zone focus and use as a point and shoot. Most of these >>>> images >>>> were made that way, though some were manually focused. >>>> >>>> Sometimes, things just catch your attention, like these shadows: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+68.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Interesting forms are added to airplanes in order to increase >>>> efficiency: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Winglet+64.jpg.html >>>> >>>> In these modern times, the Sunday drive with the wife can take on a >>>> different >>>> form: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Zenith+71.jpg.html >>>> >>>> The favorite noisemaker of every airshow is the venerable North >>>> American >>>> AT-6 >>>> or SNJ: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/AT-6+74.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Most people recognize the powerplant of that old workhorse, the DC-3: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DC-3+55.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Sometimes old birds just roost or rest together: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Old+Birds+50.jpg.html >>>> >>>> Looking at these images, I think I will try this more often. >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed. >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >